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1197 STORY (Thomas). A Journal of the Life of Thomas Story, containing an Account of his Remarkable Convincement of and embracing the Principles of Truth, as held by the People called QUAKERS, and also of his Travels and Labours in the Service of the Gospel, with many other Occurrences and Observations. Thk. folio, contemporary calf. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1747.

£3 10S

Thomas Story joined the Society of Friends in 1689, and William Penn appointed him Registrar of the Society. In November, 1698, he sailed for Pennsylvania, where at the request of Penn, who shortly followed, he remained 16 years. He was chosen the first Recorder of Philadelphia by a charter of 25 Oct., 1701, was a Member of the Council of State, Keeper of the Great Seal, Master of the Rolls, and in 1706 elected Mayor of Philadelphia. He was further Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Land Co. During his residence in Philadelphia, Story travelled about preaching, and his Journal contains the Account of these journeys, and of some remarkable interviews with persons of rank.

1198 SWAINSON (W.) and RICHARDSON (John). Birds of North America. Illustrated with 50 finely coloured plates and woodcuts. 4to, half calf. London, 1831. £4 45

This is the Ornithological Portion, Complete, of the "Fauna Boreali-Americana.? 1199 WANSEY (Henry). An Excursion to the United States of North America, in the Summer of 1794. Embellished with the Profile of General Washington and an Aquatinta View of the State-House, at Philadelphia. The Second Edition, with Additions. Sm. 8vo, half calf. Salisbury, 1798. £2 155 In this copy the silhouette portrait of Washington is in the first state before the title was changed to General Washington.

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DITTO. Another Copy. 12mo, contemporary half russia gilt, g. e.
Salisbury, 1798. (With the 2nd State of Portrait.)
*From the library of Wm. Beckford, with his MS. notes.
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America-continued.
1201 [TICKELL (Richard)]. Anticipation,
containing the Substance of His M-y's
Most Gracious Speech to both H-s of
P-1-t, on the Opening of the approach-
ing Session, etc. 8vo, new buckram.
Lond., 1778.
Relates almost entirely to American

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affairs. 1202 TREATY for the Composing of Differ

ences, Restraining of Depredations, and Establishing of Peace in America, between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain, concluded at Madrid, July, 1670. Sm. 4to, half mor. Lond., 1670. £1 16s 1203 TREATY OF PEACE, Good Correspon

dence and Neutrality in America, between
King James II. and King Louis XIV.
Concluded the th Day of Novemb.,
1686. Sm. 4to, full new polished calf
extra, gilt edges, by RIVIERE. Lond.,
Thomas Newcomb, 1686.
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An Humble and Earnest Appeal to those Persons in Great Britain, whe by their Interest in Landed Property, are ablest to judge whether a connection with, or a Separation from the Colonies of America be most for the National Ad vantage and the Lasting Benefit of these Kingdoms. 8vo, new boards. Gloucester. 1775. 155

1206 ULLOA (A. de).

Voyage to South America. Describing the Spanish Cities, Towns, Provineces, etc. Translated from the Spanish, WITH NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS AND ACCOUNT OF THE BRAZILS BY J. ADAMS. Folding map, plans, and plates. 2 vols, 8vo, orig. calf. Lond., 1772.

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08 WEST INDIES.-A description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements on the Coasts of the West Indies.

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Compiled from memoirs, revised by gentlemen who have resided many years in the Spanish Settlement.

Illustrations, maps, and plans. 4to, half calf.

London, 1774.

£3 3s

ST. BARTHOLOMEW ISLAND, St. Christopher, etc. A Most Extensive Collection of Letters of William Mathew, Governor of the Leeward Isles, chiefly on the subject of the massacre at St. Bartholomew's Isles, by Col. King, with very numerous Privy Council papers relating thereto.

1741-59.

2 vols, folio, boards. £10 IOS This Collection of Papers is of great Historical Importance, and they form Governor Mathews' official Letter Books of everything that transpired re the affair of Col. King and the massacre at, and Plunder of St. Bartholomew's Isle. The majority of the papers are dated from St. Christopher.

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WILLYAMS (Rev. C.). An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies in 1794, under the command of Sir C. Grey, and Vice Admiral Sir J. Jervis, with the reduction of the Islands of Martinique, St. Lucia, Guadaloupe, Marigalante, Desiada, etc. With maps and large plates of views by S. Alken. Large Paper Copy, large folio, new half green morocco gilt. Lond., 1796. merica-continued.

211 WARDEN (D. B.). A. Statistical, 1216
Political, and Historical Account of
the United States of North America,
from the Period of their First Coloniza-
tion to the Present Day. Folding
map. 3 vols, 8vo, orig. calf. Edin.,
1819.
12s 6d
212 WARRANTS.-An Entry Book of
Warrants, relating to Virginia, Carolina,
Ireland, etc., in the time of Charles II,
etc. From the collection of Sir W.
Betham, Ulster King at Arms. Half
russia, folio, 1675-86.
£2 28
The Official Entry Book of Warrants
-those for Virginia are addressed to
Sir Wm. Berkeley and Lord Culpeper,
the Governors.

213 WASHINGTON (George), BAKER (W.
S.). Medallic Portraits of Washington,
with Historical and Critical Notes and a
Descriptive Catalogue of the Coins,
Medals, Tokens, and Carns. Portrait.
4to, orig. half mor., uncut. Philadelphia,
1885.

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Farewell Address to the People of the United States. With the rare portrait of Washington, engraved by Reed, Fcap. 8vo, orig. boards. Greenfield,

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Letters from his Excellency George Washington, to Arthur Young, Esq., F.R.S., and Sir John Sinclair, containing an Account of his Husbandry, with his opinions on various questions in Agriculture, and many particulars of the Rural Economy of the United States. Portrait of Genl. Washington. 8vo, boards, uncut. Alexandria, U.S.A., 1803. £I IOS

£5 IOS America-Washington (George)—continued. Epistles, Domestic, Confidential, and Official, written about the Commencement of the American Contest, when he entered on the Command of the Army of the United States. 8vo, orig. half calf, uncut. New York, 1796. £115S "An infamous barefaced forgery manufactured in New York at the Headquarters of the British Army under ye wing of the British Commander in Chief for the purpose of Blackeng. ye character of Genl Washington and degrading him in the opinion of congress of America, but wch on ye contrary they contemned and laughed at and for wch noble attempt ye fabricator was rewarded by a British pension."-Contemporary MS. note. DITTO. Another Copy. 8vo, orig. boards, uncut. New York, printed London, reprinted 1796. £1 6s

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Political Legacies, to which is annexed an appendix containing an account of his Illness, Death and the National Tributes of Respect paid to his Memory, with a Biographical Outline of his Life and Character. With the rare portrait of Washington. 8vo, orig. calf. Boston, 1800. £2 25 SNOWDEN (J. R.). A Description of the Medals of Washington, of National and Miscellaneous Medals, and of other Objects of Interest in the Museum of the Mint. Illustrated by 79 facsimile engravings. With Biographical Notices of the Directors of the Mint, from 1792 to 1851. Sm. 4to, orig. cloth. Philadelphia, 1861.

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1220 WILSON (Alex.). American Ornithology, or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States, with Continuation by Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte, and Notes and Life of Wilson, by Sir W. Jardine. With 97 plates, comprising nearly 400 beautifully coloured figures of birds. 3 vols, 8vo, orig. half morocco, uncut, t. e. g. Lond., 1832. 1221 WILSON (Alex.) and BONAPARTE (Charles Lucien). American Ornithology.

87 beautiful coloured engravings by W. H. Lizars. Edinburgh, 1832.

£6 6s

Illustrations of the

4to, morocco, gilt.

£4 45

The above is a Complete Set, on Large Paper, of the Plates to the 3 Volume Work, separatay issued, with the 3 Titles.

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WEEMS (M. L.). The Life of George Washington, with curious Anecdotes, equally honourable to himself and exemplary to his young countrymen. With folding map of the United States, portrait of Washington, and 6 plates. Sm. 8vo, calf. Philadelphia, 1810. £2 10S

1224
WATERTON (C.). Wanderings
in South America, the North-West of
the United States and the Antilles, in
the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824,
with original instructions for the perfect
preservation of Birds, etc., for Cabinets
of Natural History. Portrait of Native.
4to, orig. half calf gilt. Lond., 1825. 14s
TOWN
1225 WEATHERWISE'S
AND
COUNTRY ALMANACK, for the Year
of our Lord 1786, being the Second
after Bissextile or Leap-Year, and the
tenth of the American Independence,
containing everything necessary for an
Almanack, and the time of arriving and
setting off, of the different Posts and
stages from Boston, and other towns in
this, and other States. Calculated for
the Meridian of Boston, and will serve
for the neighbouring States. By Abra-
ham Weatherwise, Philom. With vignette
of General Washington's Jack Ass.
8vo, unbound. Boston, (1786). £2 28
1226 WEBSTER (W. H. B.). Narrative of a
Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean
in 1828-30. Performed in H.M. Sloop
Chanticleer, under the Command of
Capt. H. Foster. Maps and plates.
vols, 8vo, orig. boards, uncut. Lond.,
1834.
IOS 6d
1227 WELD (I.). Travels through the States
of North America and the Provinces of
Upper and Lower Canada in 1795-97.
With 16 plates of views and maps.
vols, 8vo. orig. boards, uncut. Lond.,
1799.
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1228 WEST INDIES: Acts of Assembly,
passed in the Island of Barbados, from
1648 to 1718. Folio, orig. calf. Low-
don, 1721.
£2 158
BRIDGMAN (J.). An Exposi-
tion of a Series of Unprecedented
Persecution on the part of Major-General
A. Wood, Commandant of St. Lucia, and
the Persons and Authorities Acting with
and under him against J. Bridgman
Esq., Collector of His Majesty's Customs
in that Island. Sm. folio, orig. hal
calf. Privately Printed, 1811. 18

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1233

Chart of the West Indies an Spanish Dominions in North America, t A. Arrowsmith, 1803. On two sheet each 74 by 24 ins.

IS

EDWARDS (B.). An Historia Survey of the French Colony in te Island of St. Domingo, comprehending short account of its Ancient Gover ment, Political State, Population, Pductions, and Exports, a Narrative of the Calamities which have desolated se country ever since the year 1789, wh some reflections on their Causes, c. 4to, orig. calf. Lond., 1797.

Further Correspondence betwen the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Governors of otter Civil Authorities in the West Indies in Consequence of the Address of the Hose of Commons of the 6th of April, 177, Respecting the Negroes of the Wst Indies. Folio, new boards. Lond., 1799.

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PULLEN (J., Governor of Bermudas) Memoirs of the Maritime Affairs of Great Britain, especially in relation to our concerns in the West Indies, with Letter to the Earl of Oxford, in Relation to the South Sea Company, and Capt. Pain's Short View of Spanish America. 8vo, half calf gilt. Lond., 1732. IOS 60 1234 WHEATLEY (Phillis, Negro Servant t Mr. John Wheatley of Boston in New England). Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral. Portrait. Pos 8vo, new half calf gilt. t. e. g. Lond 1773.

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Some leaves stained. 1237 WHO SHALL BE GOVERNOR, STRONG OR SULLIVAN ? or the Sham-Patriot unmasked, being an exposition of the fatally successful Arts of demagogues, to exalt themselves by flattering and swindling the People; in a variety of pertinent facts. 8vo, new boards, uncut, 1806. IOS 6d 1238 WILKES (Henry, D.D., LL.D.) Memoir of his Life and Times. By REV. J. WOOD. Ottawa. Portrait. Post 8vo, orig. cloth. Montreal, 1887. 8s 6d With an interesting MS. memoranda inserted by SIBLEY FORSTER, who was with DR. WILKES in CANADA, and to whom this volume was presented by his Widow.

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1239 WILLIAMS (Dafydd). Yr Ail Ran o Lythyrau Cymro yn Mexico, et ei Gyfeillion yn Nglandwr, Wryth Abertawy. 10 letters in 2 pamphlets, sm. 8vo, wrappers. Abetarwy, 1826-7. IOS 6d 1240 WILLIAMS (Rev. John). The Captivity and Deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Pastor of the Church in Deerfield, and MRS. MARY ROWLANDSON, of Lancaster, who were taken, together with their Families and Neighbors, by the French and Indians, and carried into Canada. Written by themselves. Small 8vo, original calf. Brookfield, 1811. £2 10S 1241 WILLIAMS (S.). Natural and Civil History of Vermont. Folding map, 8vo, orig. calf. Walpole, Newhampshire, 1794. £2 IOS 1242 ZENGER (J. P.). The Tryal of John Peter Zenger, of New York, Printer, who was lately try'd and acquitted for printing and publishing a libel against the Government, with the Pleadings and Arguments on both sides. Sm. 4to, new boards. Lond., 1738. Rare. £2 IOS

1243

Remarks on the Trial of John Peter Zenger, printer of the New York Weekly Journal, who was lately Try'd and Acquitted for printing and publishing two libels against the Government of that Province. Sm. 4to, new boards. Lond., 1738. £2 108

ARABIA.

1244 DOUGHTY (C. M.). Wanderings in Arabia. With Introduction by E. Garnett. Portrait and plate. 2 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth. Lond., 1908. 1245 ROOKE (H.). Travels to the Coast of Arabia Felix, and from thence by the

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Red Sea and Egypt to Europe, containing a Short Account of an Expedition undertaken against the Cape of Good Hope. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt leaves. Lond., 1784. £1 8s

From the Beckford Library.

ARCTIC.

1246 BROWNE (W. H.). Views taken during | the Arctic Expedition of H.M. Ships, Enterprise and Investigation, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, also a summary of the various Arctic Expeditions in search of Capt. J. Franklin. (In French and Eng.) IO full-page plates. Half morocco. London, 1850. 36s

1247 DUFFERIN (Lord). Letters from High Latitudes. Being some Account of a Voyage in the Schooner Yacht " Foam," to Iceland, Jan Mayen and Spitzbergen, in 1856. First Edition. Numerous illustrations and maps. Thk. post 8vo, half calf gilt. Lond., 1857. IOS 6d

1248_HALL (Capt. C. F.). Life with the Esquimaux, the Narrative of Capt. C. F. Hall, of the Whaling Barque George Henry," from the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th Sept., 1862, with the Results of a long intercourse with the Innuits and full description of their Mode of Life, the Discovery of Actual Relics of the expedition of Martin Frobisher of three centuries ago, and deductions in favour of yet discovering some of the Survivors of Sir John Franklin's Expedition. With 100 illustrations and maps. 2 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth. Lond.,

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1249 GREENLAND.- EGEDE (Hans). - EGEDE (Hans). Relation den Grondlanske Missions. 4to, half russian morocco. Uncut. Copenhagen, 1738.

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£3 35

Continuation af Relationerne. Illustrated with two large folding plates. 4to, half morocco. Copenhagen, 1740. £335 Written in the form of a journal.

1250

Missions.

Nachricht vom Aufange und Fortgange der Grondlandischen

4to, half calf. Hamburg, 1740.

£335

Some

Hans. Egede, the founder of the Danish Missions to Greenland, was born at Harstad = Norway in 1686. He was ordained pastor of Vaagen in 1707. Having for many years cherished the desire of converting the Greenlanders, he obtained the assistance of the king, Frederick the Fourth, and a trading-company was forme to co-operate with the mission. In 1721 Egede sailed with one ship, and 45 persons, they were kindly received by the natives, many of whom were converted. The Danes were unable to subsist without frequent supplies from the Mother-Country, and the trading-company was dissolved in 1727. Egede pursued his purpose with constancy through great hardships and privations, until the death of his wife in 1735. Moravian missionaries having arrived to continue the work, he then returned to Copenhagen, where he became superintendent of a seminary for the Greenland Mission, with the title of Bishop, and wrote the narrative of his enterprise. Died in 1758. 1251 HEARNE (S.). Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the Discovery of Copper Mines, A North-West Passage, etc., in 1769-72. Folding maps and plates. 8vo, orig. half russia. Dublin, 1796.

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1253 JACKSON (F. G.). The Great Frozen
Land (Bolshaia Zemelskija Tundra). Nar-
rative of a Winter Journey across the
Tundras, and a Sojourn among the
Samoyads. Edited by A. Montefiore.
Numerous illustrations and maps. 8vo,
orig. cloth. Lond., 1895.
7s 6d
1254 LYON (Capt. G. F.). A Brief Narrative
of An Uusuccessful Attempt_to_reach
Repulse Bay, through Sir Thos. Rowe's
Welcome," in H.M. Ship Griper in
1824. Folding map, views, portraits of
natives, etc. 8vo, new boards, uncut.
Lond., 1825.
7s 6d

1255 M'KEEVOR (T.). A Voyage

to

Hudson's Bay in 1812, containing a particular account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which present themselves in those regions, also a Description of the Esquimaux and North American Indians, their Manners, Customs, Dress, etc. Plates of Arctic Scenery, etc. 8vo, new boards. Lond., 1819.

8s 6d

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1256 NANSEN (F.). Farthest North, being
the Record of a Voyage of Exploration o
the Ship Fram," 1893-96, and of i
Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr
Nansen and Lieut. Johansen, with Appen
dix. Profusely illustrated with 16 coloure
plates, 120 full-page plates, numerous
engravings in the text, maps and portra
2 vols, thk. roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, uncut
Lond., 1897.
£1 8
Presentation copy to Edward Whymper
(author of Scrambles Among the
Alps," etc.), with the Author's signed
inscription.

1257 OUTHIER (M.). Un Voyage au Nord, 1836-71. Numerous folding plates, plans etc. 4to, full calf. Paris, 1744. IOS бd Containing articles on the ways and customs of the Scandinavians and Northmen.

1258 PEARY (Robert E.). Northward over
the "Great Ice," a narrative of Life and
Work along the Shores and upon the
Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland
in the Years 1886 and 1891-7, with a
description of the little Tribe of Smith-
Sound Eskimos. With maps, diagrams,
and about 800 illustrations. 2 vols, roy.
8vo, orig. cloth, uncut, t. e. g. Lond.,
1898.
IOS 6d

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